Adjustable bag-holding device



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mi1 L? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. ALLEN, OF PEWAUKEE', WISCONSIN.

ADJ U STABLE BAG- HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,896,'dated October17, 1893.

Application filed May 8,1893- Serial No, 473,474. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pewaukee, in the county of Waukesha, and in the Stateof Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Bag-Holding Devices; and I do hereby declare that .thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for supporting bags of differentlengths, and consists of certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts as will be fully set forth hereinafter andsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of my device, partlybroken away, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, showing the upperpart of a bag in place thereon.

A A represent the front legs or standards of the device joined together,at their lower ends, by a suitable brace B, which may be a roller,preferably shouldered as shown at b, to keep said legs a proper distanceapart, which legs are pivoted, at top, to the tops of the rear legs C C,as shown at c c, said rear legs being connectedtogether by flat braces DE, on the rear side. From the lower edge of the upper rear brace D,there project a couple of hooks d d each placed adjacent to one of thelegs C.

F F represent springs, secured to screweyes e e in the legs A A andterminating in hooks ff.

G is a keeper, preferably of wire, whose ends are bent and driven intothe outer side of one of the legs C. H is an arm, pivoted as shown at h,to the inner side of one of the legs A and projecting back past theadjacent leg C between it and said keeper G. This arm is provided, onits under side, with a series of notches g g, adapted for engagementwith the lower bent end of the said keeper G.

The operation of my device will be apparent from the foregoingdescription of its construction, in connection with the accompanyingillustration. I represents a bag, the upper end of which is fastened, atthe rear, to the hooks d d, and the spring-hooks f f are then fastenedto the front of the bag-top, as

shown in Fig. 2, thus opening the bag to its fullest extent. If a longbag is to be used the front and rear legs A A, C C, are brought neartogether, and if a short bag is to be used, they are spread fartherapart, so that, in either case, the bottom of the bag may rest on theground, between said legs, and then, when the proper adjustment has beensecured, the arm H is dropped so that the right notch g will engage withthe lower end of the keeper G and keep the device rigid in its adjustedposition. By this means, the device can be quickly adjusted to use withbags of any standard or ordinary lengths, and further, the act ofseparating the legs will serve to stretch open the mouth of the bag tothe full extent, and keep it in that position.

When not in use the device can be folded together so as to occupy verysmall compass, as the arm H can be readily withdrawn from the keeper G,and dropped parallel with the legs, and by reason of the springs in thehooks ff the bags can be quickly and easily attached and detached.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An adjustable bag-holding device comprising two pairs of legs orstandards pivoted together at the top, and adapted to fold one pairwithin the other, the inner pair of legs being united at their upperends by a cross-brace provided with rigid depending hooks, a keeperattached to one of said pair of legs, a notched arm pivoted to one ofthe other pair of legs for engagement with said keeper, and a pair ofhooks having coiled spring shanks integral therewith loosely connectedto the said outer pair of legs at a plane below that of the rigid hookson the cross-brace of the other pair of legs, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atPewaukee, in the county of Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

W. H. THOMAS, GERTRUDE THOMAS.

